Hi,
Let me say Sorry for the long delay to those who were waiting for this post ( I know some of you were, as site-meter tells me few people do visit this blog regularly).
Last couple of weeks were too busy, I went to my hometown 'Barghat' then went on for 3 days long residential training program and after that found my self loaded with so many projects, somehow all of them have a coinciding deadline. I am feeling busiest in last 4 years nowdays. Being busy was always a good feeling but somehow; nowadays I get a bit worried about completions. Anyways.. I was also feeling burdensome because of not posting on my blog. Believe me, I don’t know how much others read it, but its more of a self help activity for me, at least I feel relaxed and contented after making a Post.. so here it is...
As I still have lots of work pending I will put my experiences in bullets, else i would have framed it like a story, anyways...
Reaching Barghat:
Whenever I Go barghat, It reminds me of that "Swades" Movie's promo in which Shahrukh was shown coming first by plane, then by train, then by boat, then sharing a two wheeler... Its not that difficult to reach barghat (neerav & bhuvan would agree, as they have visited couple of times) but there is a huge differece between villages (small towns) like Barghat and the same like Baroli (near Indore) or Najafgarh (Near Delhi) or Badalpur (Near Mumbai).
India has two kinds of Villages, the one which are like a satellite to a big city or a metro city and the others like lost stars in a galaxy. Villages which are near to a big city are not actually villages, if the world allow me I will call them SAZ or SRZ (Special agricultural zones or Special rural Zones), which looks similar to a village but receives signals of Radio Mirchi, Have farm house of Virender Sehwag, seen Malls & Multiplexes and believes that Heroines in movies are not goddess but exists on the earth only.
I know its too challenging to improve all the villages of India, but Govt. must try & improve the small cities in those pockets so that nearby villagers can have a satellite connectivity to the urban world, keeping their rural identity & grace intact.
Working in my own garden:
It was a great experience, I remember my Father used to shape up our garden, I have helped him many a times, This time I tried it alone, It was a soul touching expeirence.
Sleeping on the open roof:
India ka Sabse Bada AC.. sleeping on the open roof, I couldn't do this for last so many years. When lying on the cot, you see endless spread of the sky and a big full moon accompanied by lovely natural breeze, you realize how comforting the nature can be.
Power Cut:
Barghat is in M.P., a pioneer state in terms of Power cut. It will be an injustice if I say Power cut is a part of life, Power cut is like your life partner. You are incomplete without it. No festival, wedding or any other occasion is complete without power cut, be it for a couple of mins only but power do take rest there.
New developments:
Now in Barghat you have ATM, any GSM sim can work on roaming, Paid internet facility is there, You can access broadband too, if you have a BSNL Landline or Reliance data-card ( I didn't have either). I have also seen lots of DTH dishes in barghat.
12*7 ATM:
One great thing I observed, that by mutual consent of all, the ATM shutter gets down at night, though they do not lock it, if somebody is in genuine need to access, he can open the shutters. I initially laughed at it, but realized later that they really value their facilities and electricity.
Thanks to PSUs:
though we crib a lot about PSUs in cities, but they are really doing a great job in rural India. No they do not provide better services there but the point is 'they provide services there' irrespective of profit or loss. BSNL has shown the people of rural India what mobile is, and now connecting people via broadband. SBI has established ATMs and Doordarshan still has got viewers.
Sapney aur Sitarey
To my surprise i found people readinf my blog, though they might not be regular or a follower but they do visit these pages.. really a great satisfier.
Genda phool:
Neha has really enjoyed this visit, she wore saari everyday, went to Mandir sat & sang bhajan's with ladies... all in all had a nice time.
An interesting incident happened on the last day when we were getting ready to leave. My Buaji came to our place. she must be around 90 years of age. Very old yet very talkative though she has trouble in hearing.
Neha feels very comfortable with her, as it reminds her of her daadi who is of similar age and nature. She was taking special care of buaji, suddenly she thought of entertaining her by making her listen some songs on I Pod and she connected ear plugs to buaji. Buaji was confused what is going to happen then my Jijaji has conveyed her that neha has sung & recorded some songs in her own voice and going to play it. Neha played 'Genda phool' and 'Aarti' from Delhi-6.
After this Buaji was too happy, this was visible on her face, and the praise for neha in her eyes. she kept on praising her, for her singing skills endlessly. I can not understand why past generations used to look for singing skills in their 'bahu' but I rfelt that it was like a proud possession for them.
I think its too much for now, will post again if any more incidents i can recall or re-feel...
Bye for now...
Luv
VT
Let me say Sorry for the long delay to those who were waiting for this post ( I know some of you were, as site-meter tells me few people do visit this blog regularly).
Last couple of weeks were too busy, I went to my hometown 'Barghat' then went on for 3 days long residential training program and after that found my self loaded with so many projects, somehow all of them have a coinciding deadline. I am feeling busiest in last 4 years nowdays. Being busy was always a good feeling but somehow; nowadays I get a bit worried about completions. Anyways.. I was also feeling burdensome because of not posting on my blog. Believe me, I don’t know how much others read it, but its more of a self help activity for me, at least I feel relaxed and contented after making a Post.. so here it is...
As I still have lots of work pending I will put my experiences in bullets, else i would have framed it like a story, anyways...
Reaching Barghat:
Whenever I Go barghat, It reminds me of that "Swades" Movie's promo in which Shahrukh was shown coming first by plane, then by train, then by boat, then sharing a two wheeler... Its not that difficult to reach barghat (neerav & bhuvan would agree, as they have visited couple of times) but there is a huge differece between villages (small towns) like Barghat and the same like Baroli (near Indore) or Najafgarh (Near Delhi) or Badalpur (Near Mumbai).
India has two kinds of Villages, the one which are like a satellite to a big city or a metro city and the others like lost stars in a galaxy. Villages which are near to a big city are not actually villages, if the world allow me I will call them SAZ or SRZ (Special agricultural zones or Special rural Zones), which looks similar to a village but receives signals of Radio Mirchi, Have farm house of Virender Sehwag, seen Malls & Multiplexes and believes that Heroines in movies are not goddess but exists on the earth only.
I know its too challenging to improve all the villages of India, but Govt. must try & improve the small cities in those pockets so that nearby villagers can have a satellite connectivity to the urban world, keeping their rural identity & grace intact.
Working in my own garden:
It was a great experience, I remember my Father used to shape up our garden, I have helped him many a times, This time I tried it alone, It was a soul touching expeirence.
Sleeping on the open roof:
India ka Sabse Bada AC.. sleeping on the open roof, I couldn't do this for last so many years. When lying on the cot, you see endless spread of the sky and a big full moon accompanied by lovely natural breeze, you realize how comforting the nature can be.
Power Cut:
Barghat is in M.P., a pioneer state in terms of Power cut. It will be an injustice if I say Power cut is a part of life, Power cut is like your life partner. You are incomplete without it. No festival, wedding or any other occasion is complete without power cut, be it for a couple of mins only but power do take rest there.
New developments:
Now in Barghat you have ATM, any GSM sim can work on roaming, Paid internet facility is there, You can access broadband too, if you have a BSNL Landline or Reliance data-card ( I didn't have either). I have also seen lots of DTH dishes in barghat.
12*7 ATM:
One great thing I observed, that by mutual consent of all, the ATM shutter gets down at night, though they do not lock it, if somebody is in genuine need to access, he can open the shutters. I initially laughed at it, but realized later that they really value their facilities and electricity.
Thanks to PSUs:
though we crib a lot about PSUs in cities, but they are really doing a great job in rural India. No they do not provide better services there but the point is 'they provide services there' irrespective of profit or loss. BSNL has shown the people of rural India what mobile is, and now connecting people via broadband. SBI has established ATMs and Doordarshan still has got viewers.
Sapney aur Sitarey
To my surprise i found people readinf my blog, though they might not be regular or a follower but they do visit these pages.. really a great satisfier.
Genda phool:
Neha has really enjoyed this visit, she wore saari everyday, went to Mandir sat & sang bhajan's with ladies... all in all had a nice time.
An interesting incident happened on the last day when we were getting ready to leave. My Buaji came to our place. she must be around 90 years of age. Very old yet very talkative though she has trouble in hearing.
Neha feels very comfortable with her, as it reminds her of her daadi who is of similar age and nature. She was taking special care of buaji, suddenly she thought of entertaining her by making her listen some songs on I Pod and she connected ear plugs to buaji. Buaji was confused what is going to happen then my Jijaji has conveyed her that neha has sung & recorded some songs in her own voice and going to play it. Neha played 'Genda phool' and 'Aarti' from Delhi-6.
After this Buaji was too happy, this was visible on her face, and the praise for neha in her eyes. she kept on praising her, for her singing skills endlessly. I can not understand why past generations used to look for singing skills in their 'bahu' but I rfelt that it was like a proud possession for them.
I think its too much for now, will post again if any more incidents i can recall or re-feel...
Bye for now...
Luv
VT
After being in USA for 2 years now, where all the lights in the shops/showrooms/malls/restaurants are left on even when the place is close (just for the displays at night), I really appreciate the idea of 12*7 ATM. And like the surveys (by National Geographic Society in 2009) showed, Indians are the GREENEST Consumers.
ReplyDeleteYeah Kya madam ne to free mai points gain kar leyeah... but a good idea...
ReplyDeletei agree with the SRZ/SAZ concept
and what did u grow/plant in ur garden?? details pls.. :)
@ aishvarya,
ReplyDeleteDear Aishvaraya, we grow floral plants on one side of the house & fruits on the other side, however as we do not stay there for long this grow out of shape..
are you planning a visit.. :-)
well if u plan to bring it back in shape or already have, yes, i can plan a visit...provided i get all that u said in the blog... :)
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